Tag: writing into the dark
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Do You Track Your Writing?
Writing stories is something I love to do, and finding out my individual writing process is part of my growth as a storyteller.
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Schedule vs Habit?
Do you schedule your writing sessions or try to make writing a habit? Which one works for you?
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Maybe I Need to Grow Up as a Writer?
Celebrate the little things. Today I played in the imaginary world I’m creating and am happy that I did.
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Getting back to the writing…
No excuses for the absence, other than “life”. That, and the seemingly never-ending battle with The Editor (a/k/a my critical voice). So, we have a truce. She’ll try to let me be, and I’ll let her have her way every so often as I’m writing. I’m a methodological pantser (see video below), so when I…
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DIY Story Structure Guide
Slowly, ever so slowly, I’ve been working on a story structure guide for my personal use. Thanks goes to novel editor Ellen Brock for the suggestion. She recommends that Methodological Pantsers (a description that describes me to a “T”) put together their own structure guide taking a “mix and match” approach for the different naming…
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It’s All Been a Lie!
“Dammit Jane…I told you the Earth was flat. But no, you didn’t believe me. Jane…Jane!” Jane Belkins gaped, staring out the window of the shuttle, trying to ignore her boyfriend’s incessant nagging. Her mind refused to believe what her eyes were clearly showing her. Her home for the past 30 years of her life wasn’t…
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Writing villains…
I’ve done everything I can do so far on my current WIP, so now it’s time to bring out the baddie… I suck at villains. Seems I either steer towards “nice” villains (ha!) or superficial, stereotypical villains. Or, no villains whatsoever… Which, of course, can make for some rather dull reading. Sigh. So, I’m doing…
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Those Tangly Bits
It wasn’t long ago that she’d come to this place, but she was glad she’d ignored the advice of the so-called experts, and came to the flat, Kansas prairie. There’s something about seeing for miles and miles that can start to work on you. You almost get to the point where you feel like you’re…